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McBee spoke with Texas Metro News about different opportunities for DFW residents seeking sustainable jobs.
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When Dr. Frederick D. Haynes III, of Friendship-West Baptist Church, announced 100 Days of Buying Black in acknowledging the 100th Commemoration of the Tulsa Race Massacre, we joined the movement. December 31, 2021 marked 100 days of featuring Black Businesses, and we decided that the struggle continues and we must also. So enjoy reading about more Black-owned businesses and please support.
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Baccus 50 MIN Cleaners
For more than a half of century, Baccus Cleaners have been providing quality service; founded by local businessman Jasper Baccus. There were two locations with one in sunny South Dallas. You can take your laundry to 3509 Sunnyvale St, Dallas, TX, Get prices at (214) 372-2600
OUR SUPERB WOMAN OF THE DAY
Rasheedah Smith 

Rasheedah Smith is an ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐๐š๐ง๐ค๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐‰๐ ๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฌ๐ž and she is totally committed to anything she undertakes.
We need more Rasheedah Smiths, because she ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐s ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ž๐๐ ๐ž, ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž๐ค, ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ. Passionate about life, she ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐œ๐กes ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ and she is ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ. Rasheedah has also enjoyed stints at Fitness Connection as a fitness instructor; at JuiceLand as a Manager; Dallas College as an instructional assistant; and as a program assistant at 2M Research. Rasheedah is an NABJ/DFW-ABJ baby; having participated in the DFW-ABJ Urban Journalism Workshop and she attended UTA.
Our Superb Women!
2021 was the "Year of the Woman," especially the Black Woman! For 10 months we dedicated this space to uplifting Black women and spreading a message that we need to show love and empower people with love instead of destroying them with hate and disrespect. We celebrate Black Women and call them SUPERB! AND WE ARE KEEPING THE CELEBRATION GOING IN 2022!
Cheryl Smith, Publisher
Join us as we call attention to the many Black girls (and boys) who have gone missing. The headlines are not as bold and glaring but they will be here. Stay tuned!
NNPA, Transformative Justice Coalition Announce National GOTV Campaign 
NNPA Secretary Jackie Hampton, Attys. Daryl Jones and Barbara Arnwine, with NNPA Second Vice Chair Fran Farrer, President/CEO Ben Chavis, Chair Karen Carter Richards, Treasurer Cheryl Smith and First Vice Chair Janis Ware
By Stacy M. Brown

Ahead of the all-important 2022 midterm elections, reports show that more than 55 million Americans remain unregistered to vote โ€“ and about 10 million are African Americans who are eligible to vote but who are unregistered. Whether the reason is because of apathy, suppression, or other means, the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and the Transformative Justice Coalition seek to get to the bottom of why, with so much at stake, voter registration and GOTV mobilization remain lacking notably among Black Americans across the nation.
Commissioner Lorie Blair
Community Advocates Fight for Freedom Regarding Affordable Housing
Call for equity and fair treatment elevated

๏ปฟBy Sylvia Dunnavant Hines

In the aftermath of Juneteenth, local community activists are still pursuing freedom when it comes to affordable housing in the Southern Sector of Dallas. Although the Dallas City Council recently approved more than $7.9 million in federal funds for a planned affordable housing community in District 4, those working in the trenches of that community still donโ€™t feel that enough is being done to break barriers that are keeping the minority community from being home-owners.
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R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years
By Kendall Washington

African American singer, songwriter, and record producer, Robert Sylvester โ€œRโ€ Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison, today. According to trial transcripts, Kelly used his celebrity status to reel in young girls, boys, and women for his own sexual pleasure. Due to what was called his "reckless decisions,โ€ the once popular former R&B singer will now sit in a cell for 30 years or more after his trial in August on charges of child pornography and luring children into sex acts.
BLACK HISTORY MOMENT!
On June 30, 1974

A Black man shot and killed Mrs. Martin Luther King Sr. and deacon Edward Boykin during church services at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta. The assailant, Marcus Chennault of Dayton, Ohio, was later convicted and
sentenced to death.
Saturday, June 25, 2022 time to celebrate 11 years of AIDS Walk South Dallas. Register TODAY to walk, build a team, become a nonprofit or small business vendor or support with a donation at https://lnkd.in/eM79H8V
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Woman sues Garland officer, bar that served him alcohol over New Yearโ€™s crash

Louis Jerel Ellis was arrested on suspicion of intoxication assault with a vehicle after the incident.


A pedestrian who was severely injured in a New Yearโ€™s Day crash in Farmers Branch is suing the police officer accused of driving into her and a bar that served him alcohol. Lawyers for Jaโ€™meka Brown, 26, said they filed a lawsuit Friday against Garland police Officer Louis Jerel Ellis, 32, and Cafe 214, a restaurant and bar in Addison. The lawsuit, which did not appear in online court records Saturday, seeks more than $1 million in damages.
This story, originally published in The Dallas Morning News, is reprinted as part of a collaborative partnership between The Dallas Morning News and Texas Metro News. The partnership seeks to boost coverage of Dallasโ€™ communities of color, particularly in southern Dallas.
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Global Game Changers Announces 6 Ways Kids Can Honor the 4th of July and Share Their Patriotism for Red, White and Blue!

4th of July Tips Help Kids Honor our American Heritage, and Learn More About Independence Day and The History of the 4th of July in America

Global Game Changers Childrenโ€™s Education Initiative, Inc. (GGC), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization providing social-emotional learning (SEL) and character and leadership development curricula for pre-K through 5th-grade students, encourages parents to share these six ways their kids can honor the 4th of July and learn more about Independence Day and our American heritage.

Explore an historical site.

Get in the mood for Independence Day by finding an American historical site near your home and making a trip to learn more about it. Did you know that there are more than 2600 places designated as National Historic Landmarks by the National Park Service? You can find a list by state on their website: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalhistoriclandmarks/list-of-nhls-by-state.htm. If you know of a location in your state thatโ€™s not included, you can nominate it to be included!
Happy Birthday to YOU!
Fantasia Barrino, Lena Horne, Alicia Fox, Mike Tyson, David Allen Grier, Florence Ballard, Tony Rock, Ted Ross, Dana Bonds, Audrie Lawton Evans, Keisha Frazier, Curt Randle, and Terence Mayes
Proposals are being accepted for South Dallas Fair Park Opportunity Fund

Non Profit Organizations are invited to apply for funding to provide human development programs or services directly benefiting residents of the South Dallas Fair Park community. Applications for the 2022 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the South Dallas/Fair Park Opportunity Fund (SDFPOF) will be accepted through July 8, 2022.

The SDFPOF provides loans and grants to promote economic development and support human development initiatives in neighborhoods surrounding Fair Park. NOFA provides the form of application and scoring criteria for the human services grants. A maximum of $100,000 will be awarded to fund the projects and services.

Proposals will be submitted on the City of Dallas Bonfire system https://dallascityhall.bonfirehub.com/portal no later than 5 p.m. July 8, 2022. To apply for the 2022 Notice of Funding Availability, visit https://sourcedallas.org/2022/01/21/south-dallas-fair-park-opportunity-fund/
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SPOTLIGHT
This Fourth of July is Yours, not Mine: Understanding Frederick Douglassโ€™ The Meaning of July Fourth, host Dr. Grace D. Gipson, who will present This Fourth of July is Yours, not Mine? 6 pm CDT. Online Event.
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Some Haitian parents are reacting to recent school shooting events with changes to their routines and becoming more engaged in their communities. Pictured are two parents with their children โ€” Dr. Kattya Antenor and her family (left) and Cynthia Laine with her four children (right) โ€” who are among those taking action to help their families feel safer. Photos courtesy of the families.
Some Haitian parents, anxious about school shootings, re-examine routines
The Haitian Times
By Leonard March  

BROOKLYN โ€” The moment Gina Desir, a mother of three, found out about the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, her day took a turn for the worse. โ€œI was devastated. I feel like school is supposed to be a safe place for children,โ€ said Desir, a nurse in Harlem. โ€œNowhere is safe, but I figured school would be the last place they [shooters] would go. So I felt like I wanted to take my kids home.โ€
NIGHTMAREโ€”Former WBA heavyweight champion Trevor โ€˜The Dreamโ€™ Bryan lay face down, flat on the canvas after Britainโ€™s Daniel โ€˜Dyamiteโ€™ Dubois delivered a detonating left hook ending his brief title reign with a fourth round knockout on June 11 at Casino Miami as the main event of Don Kingโ€™s โ€˜The Fight for Freedom and Peaceโ€™ in honor of Ukraine. (Don King Productions Photo)
Knockouts Rule Don Kingโ€™s Boxing Extravaganza Peace and Freedom for Ukraine Trumpet
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By Kenneth Miller, Publisher Inglewood Today

MAIMI, FLโ€”Three national anthems, six championships fights, 200 school children, NFL Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor, pleas for Ukraine and electric knockouts were the theatre for iconic promoter Don King at his suspense and drama filled โ€˜Fight for Freedom and Peaceโ€™ boxing showcase โ€˜at Casino Miami on Saturday June 11th.
The Path

As we walk through life's journey, we leave footprints. Some just show where we are going. Others redirect us when we get lost. Still others remain to guide those we leave behind. I see your footprints.
Will you/they see mine?
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